Curious about the brand, I did some searching here and there are surprisingly few posts about the company, but several threads mysteriously mention "the company has a lot of history around here" and "do a google search". Well the controversy is not easy to search for, and nobody seems to want to link to any controversial stuff, so as the famous line in the movie goes, regarding any controversy, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." I couldn't find it.
On a lark (I don't know how I came across it, and I've never used anything from PAA before), I ordered a tub of Doppelganger Grey (Creed Aventus homage) the matching alcohol splash and an Amber Aero Lite synth brush. So, today, I went all-in on the shave, since it's a holiday. Leisurely shower, used Pro Raso red pre-shave cream, then the PAA soap with the PAA brush, AL13M (AKA ++). I was, quite literally, gobsmacked at the results. This has put the fun back into shaving for me again.
And I always thought I was a pretty much a tallow guy. I have never been impressed with soaps like Pre de Provence (in fact I'm PIFfing some with a razor soon) finding it to be mediocre, at best. I really did not research the CK6 Formula, and had no idea if it was tallow or vegan, turns out it is not tallow. WOW! I will have to alternate this with Cella red, one of my top 5 soaps (tallow base), for a few days, but I think this soap may actually be its equal. I wasn't expecting that.
By the way, I'm not militant about using tallow soaps, I've used non-tallow soap bases I like a lot (RR Santa Maria del Fiore). But it's been my experience that I prefer tallow bases to non-tallow about 4-1. I don't pre-judge a soap based on ingredients, I just try stuff I read good reviews about and see if I like it. I've read that Stirling's Executive Man (tallow) is maybe a better Creed Aventus homage scent, but since I've never had Creed Aventus in my den, I wouldn't know. I do love Stirling's Sharp Dressed Man (Creed Irish Tweed homage). That, and this, now, are probably my two favorite scents.
Anyway, I don't know how it caught my eye, but I ordered it, and was very, very pleasantly surprised by it's performance. His CK6 soap base is a winner in my book.
On a lark (I don't know how I came across it, and I've never used anything from PAA before), I ordered a tub of Doppelganger Grey (Creed Aventus homage) the matching alcohol splash and an Amber Aero Lite synth brush. So, today, I went all-in on the shave, since it's a holiday. Leisurely shower, used Pro Raso red pre-shave cream, then the PAA soap with the PAA brush, AL13M (AKA ++). I was, quite literally, gobsmacked at the results. This has put the fun back into shaving for me again.
And I always thought I was a pretty much a tallow guy. I have never been impressed with soaps like Pre de Provence (in fact I'm PIFfing some with a razor soon) finding it to be mediocre, at best. I really did not research the CK6 Formula, and had no idea if it was tallow or vegan, turns out it is not tallow. WOW! I will have to alternate this with Cella red, one of my top 5 soaps (tallow base), for a few days, but I think this soap may actually be its equal. I wasn't expecting that.
By the way, I'm not militant about using tallow soaps, I've used non-tallow soap bases I like a lot (RR Santa Maria del Fiore). But it's been my experience that I prefer tallow bases to non-tallow about 4-1. I don't pre-judge a soap based on ingredients, I just try stuff I read good reviews about and see if I like it. I've read that Stirling's Executive Man (tallow) is maybe a better Creed Aventus homage scent, but since I've never had Creed Aventus in my den, I wouldn't know. I do love Stirling's Sharp Dressed Man (Creed Irish Tweed homage). That, and this, now, are probably my two favorite scents.
Anyway, I don't know how it caught my eye, but I ordered it, and was very, very pleasantly surprised by it's performance. His CK6 soap base is a winner in my book.
